Help!
- Thread starter Ejavina12
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Yes please
The little girl gave me 2 things of baby food when she gave him to me she said he liked fruit.
Replife
Chameleon Enthusiast
I would personally soak up evey bit of knowledge andee offers as he knows far more than I do I have a tokay and that's as close to a gecko as I have owned to this one u have. I'm sad to say he is for sure right it's an unhealthy golden gecko I did not kno they could look this Color but with a little research I am 100% behind him
Ok thanks for the help in trying to identify him
K. I'll get some tomorrow and see if I can get him perked up.
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
Yeah I have had a couple baby crested I took care of for a friend when they were just hatched... God so cute. Lol anyway, I have also had a giant day gecko or a phelsuma Grandis, which is in the classification of the golden gecko. The golden gecko in my opinion is like a house gecko but also similair to a day gecko. Though they are technically under the day gecko genus I think. I have had up to seven leopard geckos and regularly rehabilitate them. I have also researched tons of different day geckos, leachie, and gargoyles. But I honestly know nothing about toKays. So you got me there replife lol
What about the human heating pad I am using as a temporary solution..Will that hurt him? It is on low
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
You'll also eventually want to order some repashy day gecko food. Technically he can live off this even if you can't spice it up with bugs or honey/fruit. Though I always recommend a varied diet. The bulk of his food should be the repashy, because it will be perfectly made for his system to thrive off of, however a varied diet is always amazing for reptiles.
Y'all have got me on all of this lol
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
Actually he's not that young, originally I thought he was a leachie so that would of made him a sub adult. I am honestly sure as a golden gecko he is full grown. Golden geckos can live to be 10 years old. Golden geckos usually only reach around 6 or 7 inches including their tail. So he looks rather large. I am not sure whether he is actually male or not, female is a possibility, I would have to look up how to tell the difference though I am pretty sure I know how, it just probably won't be possible until he's a bit lighter in color. It is possible that golden geckos can be kept as a colony. Though they need relatively larger cages when kept together. Females usually get along and males don't. So no multiple males a cage and at least two females per male. However you will most likely get eggs with that and their eggs I think need to be incubated no matter what. Right now though just focus on getting him better, you can consider a colony later if you want.
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
It is recommended to do once a week dusting of calcium with d3. Supposedly these guys get bored easily with too much of the same type of food. But it says it is easily remedied with just something different. Since he is an adult, once he's healthy and looks a good weight he only needs to be fed at most every other day, every third day works too. But you must keep him well hydrated. He is very possibly a wild caught specimen. So once he is doing well and established with you, you might want to get a fecal done just to be sure. I wouldn't suggest taking him out though. Golden geckos are flighty and their skin easily sloughs off if you grab them wrong.
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
I honestly think if you did something open air like that, you'd need to attach a plastic shower curtain on three of the sides. Day geckos and such and recommended to be kept in tanks or combo screen and glass. However there is nothing wrong with open air enclosures as long as you maintain high humidity with them. They need less mistings than chameleons but have generally higher humidity requirements, though still need to dry out. It is recommended that their regular humidity for a general basis on day geckos stays at 65 to 70 percent and no lower, spiking sometimes to 80. This means very short mistings, just enough to get things wet. So that the moisture can maintain humidity and they can drink, but it doesn't stay stagnant. That's why it's usually recommended for them to go in live planted enclosures. However with rehabilitation cases, I never do that. Just so that the gecko is easy to observe and the droppings are easy to find. He should be fine in a ten gallon enclosure at least until he is healthier. Then a single individual should be fine in a 20-25 gallon enclosure.
